Apple Cinema Tools 4 - Manual (Page 161)

See XML Film List Basics for more information about the contents of XML film lists.
About Style Sheet–Based Film Lists
Cinema Tools includes support for custom film lists. These film lists are based on Extensible
Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) files, or, as they are referred to in
Cinema Tools, style sheets. Cinema Tools includes style sheets and support for custom
style sheets that you create.
XSLT-based style sheets are commonly used to extract information from XML files. When
you export a style sheet–based film list, Cinema Tools first exports an XML-format film
list and then processes that XML output with the selected style sheet, resulting in exactly
the output items and layout the style sheet specifies.
The Cinema Tools–supplied style sheet files are located in /Library/Application
Support/Final Cut Studio/Cinema Tools/ and all have an .xsl file extension. When you
choose Add Style Sheet from the Style Sheet pop-up menu in the Export Film Lists dialog
to import a custom style sheet, the style sheet is copied to
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Studio/Cinema Tools/.
Note: You can also manually copy your custom style sheets to either of these folders to
have them appear in the Style Sheet pop-up menu without having to use Add Style Sheet
first.
See Working with XSL Style Sheets for information about customizing style sheets to
better match your workflow.
Lists You Can Export
You can export a number of useful lists by using the Export Film Lists dialog. When you
export a film list, one film list file is generated, and that file contains all the lists you
selected in the dialog. Any lists that you did not specifically select are not included in the
exported film list file.
Note: All of the lists you choose to include in the film list are based on the video track
you choose in the Track pop-up menu. You can select a different track and export a
second list if needed. For example, if your sequence contains titles (including any
“supers”—superimposed images or frames) on video track 2, you can export a second
film list that includes the edit information for them. This makes it possible for you to
configure alternative title tracks and export film lists for each version.
Cut List
The first list you can select to export is the cut list. The cut list you export from Final Cut Pro
is the list that contains the instructions for cutting the original camera negative or
workprint to match the digitally edited program. Cut lists are also known as assemble lists.
161 Chapter 10 Generating Film Lists and Change Lists